Most of mankind has been known to experience the type of difficult decision Elvis Dumervil is going through.

But eventually the wife finally says the couch looks good over there and life goes on.

Dumervil’s decision is no different. Does the free-agent defensive end move his furniture to Baltimore and play for the defending Super Bowl champion Ravens? Or does he let the dust settle for a couple more years in Denver?

There was hope, even an expectation, Dumervil would pick the Broncos, the only team he has played for during his seven-year NFL career, or the Ravens on Saturday.

The teams have presented their final multiyear contract proposals, give or take a tweak. The offers are close. It’s the recruiting pitches that are different.

The Broncos are hoping time heals any resentment Dumervil may feel from tense pay-cut proceedings that got twisted in a fax fiasco, resulting in a deadline termination that caused a do-over in contract negotiations — only this time with a further reduced offer that is more in line with the current, and relatively depressed, free-agent market in the NFL.

The Ravens have been pur- suing Dumervil like a prized college recruit.

Maybe Dumervil will decide Sunday.

Broncos fans are aware of the deadline debacle that canceled his contract March 15. Lost in that development: That same day, the Broncos paid out roster bonuses of $1.25 million to cornerback Champ Bailey and $250,000 to safety Mike Adams.

The roster bonuses clicked in for Bailey and Adams on the fifth day of the league year, which started at 2 p.m. March 15, the same moment the Broncos terminated Dumervil’s contract to avoid the guarantee on his $12 million salary for 2013.

Bailey’s roster bonus is part of the $10.75 million he is to draw in 2013. Adams is scheduled to make $1.75 million in salary.

Mike Klis was with The Denver Post from Jan. 1, 1998 before leaving in 2015 to join KUSA 9News. He covered the Rockies and Major League Baseball until the 2005 All-Star break, when he was asked to start covering the Broncos.

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